The internet has seen a number of very useful resource sites spring up that punters can use for sports betting purposes. These sites provide historical data, daily updates and information, live scoring, and often very useful previews of major events.

If you are a tennis punter these are the three most useful sites:

*www.atpworldtour.com – the official site of the Men’s Tennis Tour, with tournament data, results, live scoring, player profiles, and stats

*www.sonyericssonwtatour.com – the official site of the Ladies Tennis Tour, with tournament data, results, live scoring, player profiles, and stats

*http://tennis.matchstat.com – a site that shows not just player profiles, but current form, form on all surfaces, betting profitability of players, and an invaluable head-to-head matchup facility

For football betting, www.soccerbase.com provides previous results, current form, and head-to-head stats for English and Scottish football, while www.footballepl.com provides statistics for European and world cup football.

Golfing punters can access www.golfbettingguide.com, which has player profiles and form guides for over 1400 golfers, golf stats, betting articles, and golf betting tips. There’s even the facility to compare two golfers head-to-head – very useful for golf match bets and three-ball betting.

Horse racing followers have the website version of the Racing Post, www.racingpost.com, which does have a pay-only section but nevertheless provides in-depth information on the open section of the site, with the pick of advance trainer quotes, “Live Reporter” updates direct from the racecourses, text commentary on races, betting comparisons and instant betting facilities, and recorded TV interviews with Racing Post tipsters on major races and events.

Jun 04 2010